Ministry of Territorial Cohesion
| Ministério da Coesão Territorial | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 2019 |
| Dissolved | 2025 |
| Superseding Ministry | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Portugal |
| Minister responsible |
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The Ministry of Territorial Cohesion (Portuguese: Ministério da Coesão Territorial) was a Portuguese government ministry responsible for a balanced regional development and for the reduction of regional economic disparities, as well as cooperating with the regional policy of the European Union.[1]
The Ministry was created in 2019, in António Costa's XXII Constitutional Government. In previous cabinets, the regional development sector was usually the responsibility of the Minister of the Presidency, of the Minister of Economy, or of the Minister of Environment.
In June 2025, the Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Economy by the XXV Constitutional Government, creating the Ministry of Economy and Territorial Cohesion.
List of Ministers
| Colour key (for political parties) |
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Socialist Party (PS)
Social Democratic Party (PSD)
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| # | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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| 1 | José Luís Arnaut (b. 1963) |
17 July 2004 | 12 March 2005 | PSD | Pedro Santana Lopes | |||
| 2 | Francisco Nunes Correia (b. 1951) |
12 March 2005 | 26 October 2009 | PS | José Sócrates | |||
| 3 | José Vieira da Silva (b. 1953) |
26 October 2009 | 21 June 2011 | PS | ||||
| – | Vacant office | 21 June 2011 | 13 April 2013 | Pedro Passos Coelho | ||||
| 4 | Miguel Poiares Maduro (b. 1967) |
13 April 2013 | 30 October 2015 | PSD | ||||
| 5 | Luís Marques Guedes (b. 1957) |
30 October 2015 | 26 November 2015 | PSD | ||||
| – | Vacant office | 26 November 2015 | 26 October 2019 | António Costa | ||||
| 6 | Ana Abrunhosa (b. 1970) |
26 October 2019 | 2 April 2024 | PS | ||||
| 7 | Manuel Castro Almeida (b. 1957) |
2 April 2024 | present | PSD | Luís Montenegro | |||
References
- ^ "Lei Orgânica do Governo: Decreto-Lei n.º 169-B/2019 de 3 de Dezembro". portugal.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Government of Portugal. Retrieved 27 December 2020.